Week 4
September 28, 2014 - 12 p.m. - FOX
Soldier Field
Chicago, Illinois
Packers 38 - Bears 17
Aaron Rodgers told Packer Nation to R-E-L-A-X during the week in reference to the sluggish start to the season for the Packers. With his performance on Sunday against the Bears, we should listen to Aaron a little more.
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The Packers and Bears participated in a good ol' fashion shootout at Soldier Field. For the second time in NFL history, a football game did not include any punts. In the first half of play, Aaron Rodgers and Jay Cutler were running their offenses at will. Back and forth both quarterbacks went. Jay Cutler took the Bears opening drive of the game and capped it off with a touchdown pass to Brandon Marshall. Rodgers responded quickly with a drive of his own finished off by Eddie Lacy finding the end zone. Cutler took the Bears second drive down the field again, however, the Packers defense was able to make a stand and deny the end zone. Robbie Gould finished the drive with a 23-yard field goal to give the Bears a 10-7 lead. Rodgers went back to work on the Packers second drive and connected with Jordy Nelson in the end zone to give the Packers a 14-10 lead. The Bears and Cutler responded with another long drive with Alshon Jeffrey finding the end zone to give the Bears the lead once again, 17-14. Rodgers did his thing again and this time found Randall Cobb in the end zone to recapture the lead 21-17. With one minute remaining in the first half, the Bears tried to add some extra points before halftime. With no timeouts, Cutler passed to tight end Martellus Bennett who was stopped by Ha Ha Clinton-Dix on the 1-yard line. The Bears came away with zero points. This play was a huge momentum changer for the second half.
The Bears self destructed in the second half. Jay Cutler threw two interceptions, a deflected pass caught by Clay Matthews and a pick by Sam Shields. The Bears scored zero points in the second half. The Bears committed penalties to extend Packers possessions. The Bears were a completely different team after halftime.
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Rodgers and the Packers offense added 17 points in the second half to beat the Bears 38-17. The victory evens their season record at 2-2. The win is also the 700th victory in Green Bay Packers history. The Packers have become the second team in NFL history to reach 700 victories as a franchise (Chicago Bears).
Rodgers finished the day 22/28 for 302 passing yards and four touchdowns. Eddie Lacy had another slow day at the office with 48 rushing yards on 17 carries, however, Lacy did find the end zone. Randall Cobb had another big day in Chicago hauling in seven passes for 113 yards and two touchdowns. Jordy Nelson continued his stellar year with ten catches for 108 yards and two touchdowns.
Although the Packers defense shut out the Bears along with forcing two interceptions in the second half, the defense allowed 496 total yards. That is a massive amount of yards. The Bears rushed for 235 yards. On the outside, it appears the defense did a good job. But in reality, the difference in this game was the destruction of the Bears on offense in the second half.
Nonetheless, a Packers victory.
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